Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'buried' occurs 128 times in the standard works.

23 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'buried' in the standard works and contain 18% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 49:31 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 24:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 25:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 24:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Sam. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.




Acts 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 97 0 97
Gen. 13 0 13
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 3 0 3
Judg. 9 0 9
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 8 0 8
1 Kgs. 13 0 13
2 Kgs. 15 0 15
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Job 1 0 1
Eccl. 1 0 1
Jer. 6 0 6
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 9 0 9
BM 21 0 21
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 128 0 128

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Sam. 2:32
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

2 Sam. 3:32
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

2 Sam. 4:12
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

2 Sam. 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Sam. 19:37
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.